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RBS Plummets as Bank Pushes Out Dividend After Annual Losses
February 26th, 2016
Bank says payouts likely later than first quarter of 2017 Misconduct charges drove 1.98 billion-pound annual loss Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc said it would take longer than originally planned to resume shareholder payouts after reporting its eighth ...
Google £130m UK Tax Deal ‘Small’ Say MPs
February 25th, 2016
An influential committee of MPs is the latest to line up and criticise the settlement between the taxman and Google. MPs have declared that Google’s controversial £130m tax deal with the UK “seems disproportionately small”, and called for the ...
HMRC: Government names new bosses at tax authority
February 25th, 2016
The government has appointed new bosses at the UK tax authority HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Jon Thompson has been appointed chief executive; he is currently Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence. Edward Troup, who has been responsible ...
Can technology bring lawyers into the 21st Century?
February 17th, 2016
The legal profession is perhaps more associated with bulging files of papers, odd clothing and arcane procedures than with technological innovation. But several start-ups are trying to give this most conservative – and sometimes vexing – of professions a ...
HSBC keeps its headquarters in London in victory for UK capital
February 16th, 2016
Banking giant HSBC is set to keep its headquarters in London, ending months of speculation that it could move abroad. The company’s 23-year stay in the capital will continue after it was determined that London continues to offer “the ...
UK Consultation On Tax And Domicile Changes
February 16th, 2016
The UK Government is consulting on proposed changes to the non-dom rules that would deem certain individuals to be domiciled in the country for income tax and capital gains tax (CGT) purposes. Chancellor George Osborne announced last July that ...
New tax scandal as Ikea ‘avoids paying £775 Million in taxes using onshore havens’
February 15th, 2016
FURNITURE giant Ikea has been accused of underpaying a staggering €1 billion (£773 million) in taxes between 2009 and 2014. The Swedish firm is under scrutiny for using “onshore European tax havens”, according to a members of the European ...
CBI downgrades forecast for UK economic growth
February 11th, 2016
Employers’ organisation reduces forecast for GDP increases in 2016 and 2017 to 2.3% and 2.1% respectively Britain’s leading employers’ organisation, the Confederation of British Industry, has warned that the growth prospects for the UK economy have dimmed since George ...
PwC Legal continues with its investment plans with new senior hires
February 11th, 2016
PwC Legal has today announced the following senior hires: David Farmer joins PwC Legal’s Pensions team this month, from DLA Piper, where he was a partner for the last three years. David has significant experience in advising employers and ...
EU on brink of ‘terrifying crisis’ Five of Europe’s big banks are in danger, warns expert
February 4th, 2016
Some of Europe’s biggest banks are on the brink for a crisis that echoes the 2008 meltdown, a finance expert warned today, as fears over the global economy escalate. Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Santander, Barclays and RBS are among ...
